Word part · Anglo-Saxon suffix
The Anglo-Saxon suffix -y
Means: full of, or like.
At a glance
- Part
- -y
- Meaning
- full of, or like
- Layer
- Anglo-Saxon: Short everyday words, compounds and the most common prefixes and suffixes.
This y acts as a vowel suffix, so the base may drop its e or double its last letter: shine, shiny; sun, sunny.
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- rain (root or base)+y (suffix)→rainy
full of rain
- wind (root or base)+y (suffix)→windy
full of wind
- sun (root or base)+y (suffix)→sunny
full of sun
sun + y: double the last letter → sunny
- shine (root or base)+y (suffix)→shiny
full of shine; bright
shine + y: drop the e → shiny
- fun (root or base)+y (suffix)+est (suffix)→funniest
the most funny
fun + y + est: double the last letter, then change y to i → funniest
- cloud (root or base)+y (suffix)+er (suffix)→cloudier
more cloudy
cloud + y + er: change y to i → cloudier
- sand (root or base)+y (suffix)→sandy
full of sand
- bump (root or base)+y (suffix)→bumpy
full of bumps
- fog (root or base)+y (suffix)→foggy
full of fog
fog + y: double the last letter → foggy
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